Deceased spirits are sent to a series of halls in Hell. The First Hall in the Hells, judgements are conducted and punishment are meted. These souls will be punished and have their karma reduced. If souls are able to balance their bad deeds with good ones, they will be sent to the Tenth Hall to await rebirth. Those who have done more bad deeds will have their sins shown before them in the mirror and thereby sent to the Second Hall to await punishment.
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| #1 The First Hall of Hells |
King Chujiang is the ruler of the Second Hall. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. Those who have committed countless killings and atrocious crimes in their former life will fall into this hall until they have completed the punishment.
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| #2 The Second Hall of Hells |
King Songdi rules the Third Hall of Hells aka Great Hell of Black Ropes. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. People ended up here because they are not dutiful and filial to their parents, instigate lawsuits and hence, suffered from the punishment of eye-gouging and bone scraping.
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| #3 The Third Hall of Hells |
King Wuguan is in charge of the Fouth Hall of hells. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. People are being sent to this hell because they refuse to pay tax or rent, deceive people of their money and personal belongings.
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| #4 The Fourth Hall of Hells |
King Yanluo is in charge of the Fifth Hall of Hells aka Great Hell of Wailing. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment and people go through the punishment such as hooking of heart and throw as food for the snakes and cutting of body into halves.
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| #5 The Fifth Hall of Hells |
King of Bian City is in charge of the Sixth Hall of Hells aka Great Hell of Screaming. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. In one's present life, those who are not filial will be punished having their bodies cut into halves. They will fall into Sixth Hall after death to suffer from throat piercing by hot burning nails, or the hell wardens use a metal pillars to pound the offenders. After the punishment has ended, they will be sent to the Seventh Hall for interrogation of other committed sins.
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| #6 The Sixth Hall of Hells |
King Taishan is in charge of the Seventh Hall of Hells aka Great Hell of Heat and Fire. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. This hell is for those who have committed the aforesaid crimes, such as killing, stealing, slandering, wrongful thoughts and deeds, conducting untruthful speech, causing separation of others, and yet have not a single thought of remorse. The punishment include being sent to boiling oil. After the punishment has ended, they will be sent to the Eighth Hall for interrogation for other committed sins.
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| #7 The Seventh Hall of Hells |
King Dushi is in charge of the Eighth Hall of Hells aka Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. Those who are not filial to their parents or cause vexations to their family will fall into this Hell to suffer. After the punishment has ended, they will be sent to the Tenth Hall to rebirth as animals.
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| #8 The Eighth Hall of Hells |
King Pingdeng is in charge of the Ninth Hall of Hells aka Avici the Hell of Incessant Suffering. In this Hell, there are as many as 16 places for punishment. Those who committed hideous deeds of murders, atrocious crimes will be sent to Avici Hell where they will suffer immense heating and burning until all the innocent lives that he had taken been reborn. When the punishment ended, they will be sent to the Tenth hall to be judged and take rebirth in one of the six realms; Heaven, Human, Asuras, Hungry Ghosts, Animals or Hell.
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| #9 The Ninth Hall of Hells |
The Tenth Hell aka the Hall of Great King Zhuanlun deals with the five kasaya periods of chaotic world while the king reigns over all other souls brought from other halls of Hell. He will judge the fortunes and misfortunes of each offenders before sending them to the Four Great Continents for rebirth. Depending on the amount of good or bad deeds, these souls will take rebirth in various forms and they will have their memories erased by drinking the soup from Meng Po to start a new life.
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| #10 The Tenth Hall of Hells |
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